Weerts Funeral Home & Cremation Specialist

Grieving is a natural reaction to loss.
Grieving begins the process of healing.
Grief is a process – not an event. It takes time.
If we don't embrace our grief when we should, our grief will instead chase us until we DO embrace it.

Sharing our feelings of loss with others is healthy and beneficial.
Others want to share in - and support you through - the experience. They expect this opportunity to help!
Visitation allows us to draw upon the support of others at a time when support is really helpful.
Visitation provides an opportunity to "unpack" the stories of a lifetime, remember, and reminisce.
Sharing helps us understand that "Grief Shared is Grief Diminished."

We have to say "Hello" before we can say "Goodbye".
Before we can truly begin to heal, we need to say Goodbye in healthy and meaningful ways.
Viewing helps us acknowledge the reality of death.
Viewing the body also grants the incomparable privilege of saying Goodbye.

The ritual of the funeral ceremony, whether formal or informal, honors the unique life that was lived.
Allows the community to surround us, support us, and say Goodbye to someone special.
Meaningful ceremonies begin the pathway to healing.

Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt, an internationally-known grief counselor and educator writes: “I’m afraid that many people today are forgetting how very important funeral ceremonies are. So much consumer information on this subject focuses on funeral costs instead of what’s important: having a personalized, meaningful funeral that helps family and friends begin to heal after the death of someone they love.”

For additional information that helps us understand why meaningful funerals are the gateway to healthy grieving, we offer the following pamphlet at no cost or obligation. Other pamphlets and web links may be found on our Helpful Resources page.

”Funerals”
by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.